--- title: shut up about gravity, the ball stops at the top cos nothing's pulli… — Why things fall: the apple and the pul… · tree and pragmatics description: shut up about gravity, the ball stops at the top cos nothing's pulling it. true? Test 10 of lesson 1 «Why things fall: the apple and the pull of the Earth» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was ri --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/1-why-things-fall/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/) / [Why things fall: the apple and the pul…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/1-why-things-fall/) / t10 # Test 10 · Why things fall: the apple and the pull of the Earth shut up about gravity, the ball stops at the top cos nothing's pulling it. true? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, ball, nothing · **What happens:** shut up, stop, pull · **To what, where:** top, ball This is test 10 of lesson 1 «Why things fall: the apple and the pull of the Earth» of the physics course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/physics/1-why-things-fall/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:1-why-things-fall:t10:1 # text = shut up about gravity, the ball stops at the top cos nothing's pulling it. true? 1 shut shut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 about about ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 gravity gravity NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 pulling pull VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 18 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shut up** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | about gravity | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **stop** | present | the ball | | | the top | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at top=Location | | 3 | **pull** | present · progressive | nothing | ball | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Yes, the pull switches off for a moment ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:1-why-things-fall:t10:o1:1 # text = Yes, the pull switches off for a moment 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 pull pull NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 switches switch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **switch off** | present | the pull | | | | moment | | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, the air holds it up there ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:1-why-things-fall:t10:o2:1 # text = Yes, the air holds it up there 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold up** | present | the air | it | | there | | | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, the throw is still pulling it up ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:1-why-things-fall:t10:o3:1 # text = No, the throw is still pulling it up 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 throw throw NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 still still ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 pulling pull VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull up** | present · progressive | the throw | it | | | still | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, gravity pulls it at the top too ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:1-why-things-fall:t10:o4:1 # text = No, gravity pulls it at the top too 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 gravity gravity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pulls pull VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | present | gravity | it | | the top | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme at top=Asset | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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